(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 23. Heydar Aliyev
possessed an unswerving love of his country and total commitment to
defending the interests of his people, former President of Latvia,
Co-Chair of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center Vaira
Vike-Freiberga told trend .
Vike-Freiberga was sharing her memories of Heydar Aliyev as part
of the joint Trend-NGIC project titled 'The lasting legacy of
Heydar Aliyev'.
'On the centenary of the birth of Heydar Aliyev, I join the
ranks of those who have had the privilege of direct personal
contact with this towering figure of Azerbaijani history during my
term in office as President of Latvia. He was truly an impressive
personality, free and generous in sharing his insightful analysis
of the challenges faced by all the countries that either gained or
recovered their national independence after the dissolution of the
USSR in December 1991,' she said.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga noted that Heydar Aliyev's own personal
experience spanned the cataclysmic changes that Azerbaijan had
experienced during his lifetime, and he was fully committed to a
vision of the future of his country that would rapidly advance on
the path of independence, stability, social justice, economic
development, religious tolerance, and modernity.
'Heydar Aliyev possessed an unswerving love of his country and
total commitment to defending the interests of his people, which
remain as a heritage worth emulating by future generations of
Azerbaijanis,' concluded the former president of Latvia.
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